Synonyms of abating

abating 1 of 2

adjective

as in subsiding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subsiding
• waning
• ebbing
• dying (down)
• moderating
• letting up
• dying
• stopping
• ending
• passing
• ceasing
• concluding
• closing
• finishing
• terminating
• lapsing
• expiring
• winding up
• desisting
• quitting
• discontinuing
• leaving off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remaining
• residual
• leftover
• lingering
• lasting
• abiding
• enduring
• persisting
• continuing
• keeping up
• holding up
• biding
• holding on
• perduring
• running on

abating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of abate

1

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

interest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subsiding
• decreasing
• diminishing
• declining
• falling
• easing
• vanishing
• shrinking
• ebbing
• waning
• relenting
• lessening
• tapering
• receding
• moderating
• dwindling
• dropping (off)
• dying (away or down or out)
• weakening
• lowering
• draining (away)
• remitting
• falling away
• tapering off
• ratcheting (down)
• evaporating
• letting up
• palling
• racheting (down)
• de-escalating
• phasing down
• alleviating
• contracting
• collapsing
• compressing
• slackening
• melting (away)
• constricting
• fading (away)
• condensing
• slowing (down)
• tailing (off)
• frittering (away)
• petering (out)
• giving out
• flagging
• relaxing
• sinking
• deflating
• caving (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• growing
• rising
• swelling
• intensifying
• building
• expanding
• escalating
• mounting
• accumulating
• enlarging
• burgeoning
• soaring
• mushrooming
• emerging
• appearing
• waxing
• picking up
• snowballing
• ballooning
• showing up
• bourgeoning
• lengthening
• elongating
• blowing up
• distending

2

as in reducing

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

a couple of aspirin should abate the pain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reducing
• decreasing
• diminishing
• lessening
• depleting
• easing
• lowering
• minimizing
• dwindling
• denting
• downsizing
• slashing
• cutting
• knocking down
• dropping
• compressing
• de-escalating
• downscaling
• shrinking
• contracting
• trimming
• curtailing
• paring
• cutting down
• constricting
• shortening
• abridging
• pruning
• retrenching
• whittling
• condensing
• cutting back
• clipping
• cropping
• truncating
• modifying
• abbreviating
• nicking
• moderating
• modulating
• docking
• deflating
• qualifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• expanding
• escalating
• augmenting
• enlarging
• swelling
• raising
• boosting
• amplifying
• extending
• dilating
• inflating
• lengthening
• prolonging
• blowing up
• adding (to)
• intensifying
• supplementing
• enhancing
• aggrandizing
• distending
• complementing
• heightening
• elongating
• protracting
• redoubling

3

as in abolishing

to put an end to by formal action

asked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolishing
• repealing
• cancelling
• canceling
• avoiding
• overturning
• abrogating
• dissolving
• vacating
• dismissing
• voiding
• nullifying
• negating
• invalidating
• quashing
• annulling
• rescinding
• reversing
• rolling back
• revoking
• withdrawing
• striking down
• setting aside
• eliminating
• doing away with
• suspending
• removing
• disannulling
• forbidding
• rejecting
• nulling
• retracting
• vetoing
• prohibiting
• overruling
• overriding
• eradicating
• banning
• erasing
• recalling
• enjoining
• outlawing
• aborting
• countermanding
• calling off
• annihilating
• dropping
• calling
• disallowing
• liquidating
• throwing out
• writing off
• breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacting
• establishing
• laying down
• founding
• instituting
• passing
• validating
• permitting
• authorizing
• legislating
• approving
• ratifying
• allowing
• prescribing
• endorsing
• warranting
• clearing
• legalizing
• legitimizing
• formalizing
• ordering
• legitimating
• commanding
• mandating
• indorsing
• sanctioning
• decreeing

4

as in subtracting

to take away (an amount or number) from a total

I managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subtracting
• deducting
• reducing
• decreasing
• diminishing
• discounting
• taking off
• lessening
• dwindling
• downsizing
• lowering
• knocking off
• curtailing
• cutting down
• slashing
• pruning
• abridging
• clipping
• cutting
• whittling
• shortening
• paring
• cutting back
• cropping
• trimming
• knocking down
• docking
• retrenching
• truncating
• abbreviating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adding
• tacking (on)
• adjoining
• increasing
• annexing
• supplementing
• intensifying
• enhancing
• appending
• complementing
• heightening
• expanding
• escalating
• magnifying
• multiplying
• augmenting
• enlarging
• raising
• boosting
• compounding
• amplifying
• aggrandizing
• beefing (up)

5

as in stripping

to take something away from

recurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stripping
• depriving
• divesting
• denuding
• bereaving
• cleaning (out)
• defrauding
• shortchanging
• cheating
• bankrupting
• impoverishing
• disfurnishing